Christian Poincheval Invents Pill That Makes Farts Smell Like Chocolate [View all]

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France has given the world fragrant perfume and very stinky cheeses, but the country's latest and greatest olfactory contribution may be a pill that makes farts smell like chocolate.

The sweet-smelling product is the creation of Christian Poincheval, a 65-year-old inventor who hails from the village of Gesvres and looks like Santa Claus' younger hippie brother.

Poincheval sells the pills online at pilulepet.com for around $12.50 for 60 capsules. The web page promises the chocolate pills will "allow the user to fart through to the New Year in grand style."

The chocolate pills are a new addition to Poincheval's odorific arsenal, which also includes pills that make farts smell like roses or violets, and fart-reducing powder for pets.

As with most new creations, necessity was the mother of this invention.

He was eating dinner with friends in 2006 when he realized the group had caused a gas attack at the restaurant.

"Our farts were so smelly after the copious meal, we nearly suffocated," he told the Telegraph. "The people at the table next to us were not happy. Something had to be done."

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